Dr. Gowreeson Thevendran

Dr. Gowreeson was Chief of Foot & Ankle Surgery in the orthopaedics department at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). During his tenure at TTSH, he was also the associate programme director of the NHG Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Training Programme and the orthopaedic lead and assistant professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. He continues to serve the orthopaedics department at TTSH as a visiting consultant.

Dr Gowreeson is committed to the development of foot and ankle surgery in Singapore. He was the chairman of the Singapore Foot & Ankle Arthroscopy Course and the Singapore Foot & Ankle Expert Panel Symposium in 2014 and 2015. He is also a founding member of the Singapore Foot & Ankle Society.

Teaching is a passion of Dr Gowreeson. He continues to participate as an international faculty member at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) orthopaedics course, the Cambridge FRCS basic science course and the AO Foundation course. He is an external lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences at Nanyang Technological University and an examiner for the Master of Medicine (orthopaedics) exit exams at National University of Singapore.

Research-wise, Dr Gowreeson has a keen interest in cartilage regeneration and bioreabsorbable implants. He pioneered the use of Magnezix bioreabsorbable screws in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region and is a principal investigator in a multicentre trial evaluating these implants. He has authored over 25 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals and was an invited speaker at more than 50 regional and international orthopaedic meetings. Updated list of Dr Gowreeson’s scientific publications at https://www.orthofootmd.com/publications/.

Dr Gowreeson volunteers with Raleigh International, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and Out of Africa.

PUBLICATIONS

• WIROC Global (West Indian Orthopaedic Congress, April 2022) – Virtual Education in 2022
• Tunisia Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, June 2022 – Advances in Ankle Arthro-Endoscopy techniques
• SICOT Global Orthopaedic Leaders webinar, Oct 2020
• British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (BOFAS) webinar on COVID & its impact on Orthopaedic Practice webinar, Sept 2020
• SICOT-IFFAS Chronic Repetitive Sports Injuries webinar, August 2020
• Indian Foot & Ankle Society Virtual Congress, Aug 2020 (International Faculty)
• International Faculty, Bihar Orthopaedic Association, India, Foot & Ankle Webinar, April 2020
• International Faculty, 2020 Global Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Congress @ Steps2Walk, April 2020

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bristol, England
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
• Diplomate Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
• Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore

• SICOT National Delegate for Singapore
• Scientific Programme Chairman for SICOT (2019 – 2021) and Education Academy Chair (2021 – 2024)
• Foot and Ankle Council Member, APOA (Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association)
• Foot and Ankle Specialty Committee Member, Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA)
• Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery (Asia Pacific)